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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit between Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21, 2012, [1] [2] [3] with a magnitude of 0.9439. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
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A composite series of images from the May 20, 2012 annular solar eclipse in Red Bluff, California. From 1900 to 2100, the state of California will have recorded a total of 97 solar eclipses, seven of which are annular eclipses, two of which are total eclipses, and one of which is a hybrid eclipse.
The first eclipse in the series was on 29 August 984 and the last will be on 1 November 2282. The most recent eclipse was an annular eclipse on 20 May 2012 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 1 June 2030. The longest totality was 1 minute 45 seconds on 7 June 1453 and the longest annular was 8 minutes 35 seconds on 1 February 1832.
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